From Washington, DC, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado lays out a path forward to save the Land & Water Conservation Fund, America’s most successful parks program, before it expires at the end of the month.

Back in Denver, Lucy Livesay and Andre Miller take us behind the scenes of CWP’s first-of-its-kind data-driven look at what LWCF has accomplished in the last few years, and what’s at stake if funding runs out.

News

* Downey Magallanes takes the revolving door

* Vincent DeVito takes the revolving door

* Oil & gas leases deferred in Wyoming

* Grand Staircase-Escalante sell-off cancelled

History

Don Boyles jumps off the Royal Gorge Bridge

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With the giant coal-fired Navajo Generating Station scheduled to shut down next year, a conversation with two Navajo anti-coal activists: Percy Deal, and Nicole Horseherder with To Nizoni Ani.

News

* Congress lets the Land & Water Conservation Fund expire

* Interior’s new science policy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing

History

* The first power flows from Hoover Dam to Los Angeles

 

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In this episode of Go West, Young Podcast, former Interior Department climate scientist Joel Clement explains why he left the government, and weighs in on the ethical problems facing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt. He also offers his advice for Interior officials considering whether to blow the whistle today.

News

Zinke investigation referred to DOJ

Interior tries (and fails) to replace top watchdog

The vise tightens on Zinke

Not news

White House Concerned Ryan Zinke Made Land Deal Without Giving Cut To Trump

History

The Everett Massacre

IWW anthem ‘Hold the Fort’ by Pete Seeger and the Song Swappers and Billy Bragg

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In this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, The CWP team and pollster Brian Gottlieb discuss how public lands played a key role in the midterm elections across the West.

Links:

* 4th National Climate Assessment

* Zinke on KCRA

* Fact-checking Zinke’s claims

* Wildfire and pine beetles

* Climate change and wildfire risk

* Video: Public lands ads in 2018

* History: The life and death of Chief Black Kettle

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As Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke steps down, National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara explains how he went from optimism to disappointment with Zinke’s tenure in a must-read Washington Post op-ed. Then CWP Policy Director Jesse Prentice-Dunn breaks down his new analysis of Interior Department policies that benefit the former clients of Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt.

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In this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis weighs in on the government shutdown, and why he thinks Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is making a terrible mistake by leaving park gates open.

* This week in Western history: Cannibal Alferd Packer gets paroled* Phil Ochs’ “The Ballad of Alferd Packer”

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In this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, we catch you up on a boatload of news about Interior Secretary nominee David Bernhardt. Then pollsters Lori Weigel and Dave Metz walk us through some of the highlights of the Conservation in the West Poll from the Colorado College State of the Rockies Project.

News

* David Bernhardt nominated* Bernhardt helped Westlands Water District* Questions about Bernhardt’s calendar records* Bernhardt to birds: drop dead* Drilling approvals during government shutdown* Major public lands bill passes Senate

History

* The first orange train leaves L.A.

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Special thanks to CAP’s Matt Lee-Ashley and TWS’s Nada Culver.

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In this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, Jesse Coleman from Documented talks about the ethics complaint filed against six Interior Department political appointees. Then Athan Manuel from the Sierra Club and Jonathan Asher from The Wilderness Society walk us through the highlights of the massive public lands bill that’s heading to the House next week.

News

* Ethics complaint filed against 6 Interior officials* The Western Energy Alliance calls the shots* Massive public lands bill expected to receive easy approval in the House

History

* The capture and trial of “Big Bill” Haywood

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: North Cascades National Park, Colin Ayers/Department of Defense

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich returns to Go West, Young Podcast with his thoughts on the role the outdoors and public lands played in the 2018 election, and what he’s looking forward to after Congress passed the largest public lands bill in more than a decade.

News

* Senators demand Bernhardt documents* Grand jury investigates Zinke* Public lands bill passes House

History

* The first hypersonic flight

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In this episode of Go West, Young Podcast, we finally learn what David Bernhardt was hiding in his calendars. Then Earthjustice attorney Erik Grafe explains why a pair of federal court rulings in Alaska could provide conservation groups with a playbook for the remainder of the Trump administration.

News

* Roll Call: Bernhardt’s secret calendars revealed* CNN: Bernhardt’s secret calendars* CNN: BLM approves drilling permits during shutdown* WaPo: Bernhardt’s lobbying firm cashes in* E&E News:Growing calls for investigations into Bernhardt

Ed Schieffelin

History

* How Tombstone got its name

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